report

Report

An official or formal statement of facts or proceedings. To give an account of; to relate; to tell or convey information; the written statement of such an account.For example, one kind of report is the formal statement in writing made to a court by a master, a clerk, or a referee who has been appointed to inquire into a particular matter for the court. Sometimes the report of a public official is distinguished from a return. A return typically discloses something done or observed by the official, whereas a report shows the results of an investigation into matters outside the personal knowledge of the official.

Regularly published volumes of books containing accounts of decisions and opinions of various courts are sometimes referred to as reports, but more often they are called reporters.

The Annual Report for stockholders is prepared by a corporation, a consumer report describes the qualities of a manufactured product, and a credit report assesses the creditworthiness of a business or consumer for a bank or other lender.

report

a written account of a decided case giving the main points of the argument on each side, the court's findings, and the decision reached. See also RUBRIC.

REPORT, legislation. A statement made by a committee to a legislative
assembly, of facts of which they were charged to inquire.

REPORT, practice. A certificate to the court made by a master in chancery,
commissioner or other person appointed by the court, of the facts or matters
to be ascertained by him, or of something of which it is his duty to inform
the court.
2. If the parties in the case accede to the report, find no exceptions
are filed, it is in due time confirmed; if exceptions are filed to the
report, they will, agreeably to the rules of the court, be heard, and the
report will either be confirmed, set aside, or referred. back for the
correction of some error. 2 Madd. Ch. 505; Blake's Ch. Pr. 230; Vin. Ab.
h.t.

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